Combined hedge and wire fence.



No. 679,976. Patented Aug. 6,` |90I.

G. E. MANNING.

COMBINED HEDGE AND WIRE FENCE (Application mea me, 1o. 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

`GUY E. MANNING, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO WM. H. MANNING, OF

i SAME PLACE.

COMBINED HEDGE`AND WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,97 6, dated August 6, 1901.

Application filed December 10, 1900. Serial No. 39,333. (No model.)

to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to .make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciication.

This invention relates to improvements in combined hedge and wire fences; and it con-4 sists of combining in a fence an interwovenV wire fabric and a series of upper parallel wires which are free from any connection with the interwoven wires and are of larger gage than the parallel wires of the interwoven fabric. J

The object of the invention is to provide a u fence of this character which is inexpensive and which possesses a maximum degree of strength.

The features of my invention will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Preceding a detail description of my invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a view of a fence made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view showing the fence after the hedge-plants have grown to completely conceal it.

A designates a series of live or growing posts, which may be of blackthorn, honeylocust, or Osage-orange. These posts may be planted or transplanted at suitable distances apart. Secured to said posts are a series of lower parallel wires B. These lower parallel wires are from two and a half to five inches apart, those nearer the ground being the clos- 4 est together.

O designates a series of vertical stay or tie wires, which are interwoven with the paral `efliciency highly satisfactory.

lel wires B and are preferably about twelve inches apart, beginning at the bottom wire B and terminating at the top wire B.

B' designates a series of upper parallel wires-,which are essentially of larger gage than the lower parallel wires B and which are entirely independent of the said lower wires B and the vertical stays C. Owing to the omission of the said stay-wires C from the upper parallel wires B', a very considerable amount of the stay-wire is saved in the construction of a fence, and owing, further, to the said upper parallel wires B being of a larger gage as 6o compared with the parallel wires B it is found not necessary to unite the vertical stays to these wires B.

As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the posts A have not put forth their limbs or 6 5 branches.

Fig. 2 shows the hedge after the branches or limbs have grown and are properly trimmed. When the branches grow out, they engage and entwine with the network of wire and 7o form a closely-knitted hedge fence, which is very eective as a barrier to the passage of animals. Such a fence can be constructed at a minimum cost and possesses a degree of Having described my invention, I claim- In a hedge fence the combination of a series of live posts suitably spaced, an interwoven fabric consisting of parallel wires and vertical stay-wires secured to the lower part of said 8o posts, the height of said vertical stay-wires being from twenty-two to twenty-four inches, and a series of upper parallel wires of larger gage than the parallel wires of the interwoven fabric, the spaces between the wires of larger gage being essentially greater than the spaces between the parallel wires of the interwoven fabric.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUY E. MANNING.

Witnesses:

W. H. MANNING, R. J. MCCARTY. 

